February 8, 20224 yr I was just thinking about how when MFS was released, it was summer all the time. I don't have anything special downloaded, but where I am now is covered in snow (both reality and in the sim.) While I don't expect it to ever be perfect, it looks so much better than how it was originally. Well done and kudos to the devs!
February 8, 20224 yr Yes. I've noticed that too. In my area of West Virginia, MSFS has been very accurate in recent months depicting both when snow is falling and when snow is left on the ground. Processor: Intel i9-13900KF 5.8GHz 24-Core, Graphics Processor: Nvidia RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6, System Memory: 64GB High Performance DDR5 SDRAM 5600MHz, Operating System: Windows 11 Home Edition, Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX, LGA 1700, CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i Elite 240mm Liquid Cooling, RGB and LCD Display, Chassis Fans: Corsair Low Decibel, Addressable RGB Fans, Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i Fully Modular Ultra-Low-Noise Platinum ATX 1000 Watt, Primary Storage: 2TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, Secondary Storage: 1TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, VR Headset: Meta Quest 2, Primary Display: SONY 4K Bravia 75-inch, 2nd Display: SONY 4K Bravia 43-inch, 3rd Display: Vizio 28-inch, 1920x1080. Controller: Xbox Controller attached to PC via USB.
February 8, 20224 yr Guess the snow is okay'ish, but the frozen seawater all over my country is very annoying.
February 8, 20224 yr I agree it looks good! Snow is depicted according to this map: https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/maps/#coords=3.43/49.08/-90.96&map=snowDepth~hourly~auto~sfc~none Most of what is said on the Internet may be the same thing they shovel on the regular basis at the local barn.
February 8, 20224 yr Yes but The airfields are always full of snow. By that I mean the runways and the taxiways where you cannot see the markings. They should be clear of snow or they get shut down. Gnacino
February 9, 20224 yr Flying over Lake Erie yesterday, I saw that the lake was partially ice-covered in the sim. Real-world satellite images indicated the lake is currently 40% frozen. Call me impressed! [email protected] - ROG Strix Z790-E - 2X16Gb G.Skill Trident DDR5 6400 CL32 - MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X - WD SN850X 2 TB M.2 - XPG S70 Blade 2 TB M.2 - MSI A1000G PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold PSU - Liam Li 011 Dynamic Razer case - 58" Panasonic TC-58AX800U 4K - Pico 4 VR HMD - WinWing HOTAS Orion2 MAX - ProFlight Pedals - TrackIR 5 - W11 Pro (Passmark:12574, CPU:63110-Single:4785, GPU:50688)
February 9, 20224 yr "Real" time snow was added in SU2 in December 2020, funny that people are only seeing this now but it's always cool to find something New to you 🙂 Pico Neo3 Link VR - Windows 11 64bit, Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Elite Mobo, i7-10700KF CPU, Gigabyte RX 9070 XT OC 16gb (AMD GPU), 32gig Corsair 3600mhz RAM, SSD x2 + M.2 SSD 1tb x1 Saitek X45 HOTAS - Saitek Pro Rudder Pedals - Logitech Flight Yoke - Homemade 3 Button & 8-directional Joystick Box, SNES Controller (used as a Button Box - Additional USB Numpad (used as a Button Box)
February 9, 20224 yr 11 minutes ago, MarcG said: "Real" time snow was added in SU2 in December 2020, funny that people are only seeing this now but it's always cool to find something New to you 🙂 Not funny at all, it rather explains such threads here about a "feature" that is at least in central Europe implemented totally wrong, as snow cover never matched reality for more than a year now and basically disabling the fun of using real weather in the Alps completely. Add the idiotic frozen lakes routine resulting in all lakes frozen that never freeze at all and you have a total mess. Seriously do not get how you can come to the conclusion that snow coverage is close to anything useful atm... Greetings, Chris AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 2x32GB DDR5 6000MT/s RAM, MSI RTX 4090 Ventus 3X, Windows 11 Home, MSFS2024
February 9, 20224 yr 22 minutes ago, AnkH said: Not funny at all, it rather explains such threads here about a "feature" that is at least in central Europe implemented totally wrong, as snow cover never matched reality for more than a year now and basically disabling the fun of using real weather in the Alps completely. Add the idiotic frozen lakes routine resulting in all lakes frozen that never freeze at all and you have a total mess. Seriously do not get how you can come to the conclusion that snow coverage is close to anything useful atm... It depends on where you fly. Not everybody flies over Interlaken in Switzerland. In most of the places I‘ve seen the snow coverage was more or less accurate (could be a bit more detailed though). The frozen lakes are a problem, I agree, but if you‘re flying over Lake Erie in winter and it‘s frozen then that‘s accurate. I agree that there‘s much room for improvement, but that one spot in the Swiss Alps, annoying though it is, is an exception rather than the norm. i9-11900K, RTX 4090, 32 GB ram, Honeycomb Alpha and Bravo, TCA Airbus sidestick and quadrant, Reverb G2
February 9, 20224 yr 39 minutes ago, AnkH said: Not funny at all, it rather explains such threads here about a "feature" that is at least in central Europe implemented totally wrong, as snow cover never matched reality for more than a year now and basically disabling the fun of using real weather in the Alps completely. Add the idiotic frozen lakes routine resulting in all lakes frozen that never freeze at all and you have a total mess. Seriously do not get how you can come to the conclusion that snow coverage is close to anything useful atm... Ok sorry wrong word, "amusing" then 🙄 Live Snow has worked pretty well for me in Europe, a bit delayed at times but generally it shows up in the right places. Edited February 9, 20224 yr by MarcG Pico Neo3 Link VR - Windows 11 64bit, Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Elite Mobo, i7-10700KF CPU, Gigabyte RX 9070 XT OC 16gb (AMD GPU), 32gig Corsair 3600mhz RAM, SSD x2 + M.2 SSD 1tb x1 Saitek X45 HOTAS - Saitek Pro Rudder Pedals - Logitech Flight Yoke - Homemade 3 Button & 8-directional Joystick Box, SNES Controller (used as a Button Box - Additional USB Numpad (used as a Button Box)
February 9, 20224 yr 4 minutes ago, Shack95 said: Not everybody flies over Interlaken in Switzerland. In most of the places I‘ve seen the snow coverage was more or less accurate (could be a bit more detailed though). Well, add northern Italy, Pyrenees, Austria, France, Parts of Scandinavia to it. And don't forget New Zealand, where Milford Sound is currently covered in Snow although they are in mid summer... So, NO, I do not think it is limited to Switzerland only, this is just my personal test area, but I guess the implementation is wrong all over the world, it is just not that obvious in some regions... And yes, I guess the frozen lakes are a different issue, but visually it is related, that is why I mixed them both together... Greetings, Chris AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 2x32GB DDR5 6000MT/s RAM, MSI RTX 4090 Ventus 3X, Windows 11 Home, MSFS2024
February 9, 20224 yr 2 minutes ago, AnkH said: Well, add northern Italy, Pyrenees, Austria, France, Parts of Scandinavia to it. And don't forget New Zealand, where Milford Sound is currently covered in Snow although they are in mid summer... So, NO, I do not think it is limited to Switzerland only, this is just my personal test area, but I guess the implementation is wrong all over the world, it is just not that obvious in some regions... And yes, I guess the frozen lakes are a different issue, but visually it is related, that is why I mixed them both together... You're right, there are more places where the snow coverage is buggy. I completely forgot about New Zealand. But still, I think in most places it's correct (or acceptable), at least I haven't come across many such places and I fly in Europe a lot so I don't think it's a complete mess. Let's hope that the seasons update will bring some improvements in this regard. i9-11900K, RTX 4090, 32 GB ram, Honeycomb Alpha and Bravo, TCA Airbus sidestick and quadrant, Reverb G2
February 9, 20224 yr Well, as discussed elsewhere, I guess it is more or less simply an issue of what resolution of the snow coverage map from meteoblue they use. If you zoom out, you will find several rather strange snow coverage blobs that dissappear if you zoom in, NZ still being a perfect example at the very moment. The snow coverage blob visible when zoomed out disappears if you zoom into souther island for example. Greetings, Chris AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 2x32GB DDR5 6000MT/s RAM, MSI RTX 4090 Ventus 3X, Windows 11 Home, MSFS2024
February 9, 20224 yr 10 hours ago, Kaboki said: Guess the snow is okay'ish, but the frozen seawater all over my country is very annoying. Yeah, I noticed this in your Norway. All the fjords were frozen white! A shame, but I'm sure it will get fixed in the future. HowardMSI Mag B650 Tomahawk MB, Ryzen7-7800X3D CPU@5ghz, Arctic AIO II 360 cooler, Nvidia RTX4090 GPU, 32gb DDR5@6000Mhz, SSD/2Tb+SSD/500Gb+OS, Corsair 1000W PSU, LG Ultragear 48"4K, MFG Crosswinds, TQ6 Throttle, Fulcrum One YokeMy FlightSim YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@skyhigh776
February 9, 20224 yr 12 minutes ago, AnkH said: Well, as discussed elsewhere, I guess it is more or less simply an issue of what resolution of the snow coverage map from meteoblue they use. If you zoom out, you will find several rather strange snow coverage blobs that dissappear if you zoom in, NZ still being a perfect example at the very moment. The snow coverage blob visible when zoomed out disappears if you zoom into souther island for example. That's my suspicion as well. That blob in NZ looks like a bug on the side of Meteoblue. It's been there for ages, in the exact same spot. For Milford Sound the map doesn't show snow, so that might be a different problem. I don't know about Switzerland. Did you happen to check the snow map last summer? i9-11900K, RTX 4090, 32 GB ram, Honeycomb Alpha and Bravo, TCA Airbus sidestick and quadrant, Reverb G2
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